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Barium

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Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 107))

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Barium salts are used for a number of purposes, including drilling mud (Kirkpatrick 1978), as a pigment (Miner 1969), and as x-ray contrast medium (Miner 1969). Other uses are summarized by Pidgeon (1964). The properties of barium and its salts are unique to the specific compound. For the structures and properties of barium, barium chloride, and barium sulfate (also known as barite), see Tables 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

Based on USEPA (1985), except for Section I which is based on USEPA (1987)

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Ware, G.W. (1988). Barium. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 107. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7083-3_2

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